About Hiriyur Village

Hiriyur is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,507, made up of 751 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hiriyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hiriyur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Arsikere
Pincode	573103
Area (hectares)	570.48 hectares
Population	1,507
Male Population	751
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hiriyur compares

By the 2011 count Hiriyur is the 30th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 570.48 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Hiriyur

Hiriyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hiriyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hiriyur from other places

Hiriyur lies about 38 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Arsikere Junction, about 7.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Hiriyur
Nearest railway station	Arsikere Junction	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsikere	8.0 km
District headquarters	Hassan	38 km

Villages closest to Hiriyur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arsikere tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Hiriyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hiriyur village had a population of 1,507. That makes it the 30th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Hiriyur village has 751 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hiriyur has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Hiriyur is 573103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hiriyur covers 570.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hiriyur falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hiriyur is Arsikere Junction, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Hiriyur.

Hiriyur is about 38 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hiriyur is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Arsikere Junction is about 7.6 km away. Arsikere is about 8.0 km away. Hassan is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.